An eighteen-year-old who is brought in for questioning for his involvement in the murder of Adrian Mellon. Garton is the leader of the gang that harasses and savagely beats Mellon while he and his partner, Don Hagarty. Garton is violently homophobic and generally surly. He is described as having “heavily muscled arms” and “thick brown hair,” which falls over one eye. He has blue tattoos on his arms, which appear as though they were drawn by a child.